Email Author Gene Maddaus

Awards

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published September 15, 2011

  "Secrets & Lies"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 2, 2010

  "L.A.'s Light Rail Fiasco"

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2010 Stories by Gene Maddaus

• Tracy Gray: Hawking L.A.

  published May 20, 2010

  Tracy Gray is impatient for success, which makes her the kind of person you'd want managing your indie-rock band, if you had... More >>

• Mayor Villaraigosa: If Suns Win, We'll Take Sheriff Joe

  published May 17, 2010

  Now that Los Angeles is boycotting the state of Arizona, it seems odd for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to be offering a wager with the mayor of Phoenix over the NBA Western Conference Finals.Apparently ... More >>

• Robot Sent From the Future to Eliminate Welfare

  published May 14, 2010

  Bill Clinton used to talk about ending welfare as we know it. Today, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed ending it, full stop."We now have to use the ax to eliminate some of those programs," he said t... More >>

• Me Llamo Steve Poizner Y Quiero Su Apoyo

  published May 14, 2010

  Steve Poizner has a message for that sliver of the electorate that speaks Spanish, votes Republican, opposes Pete Wilson and Prop. 187, but supports the Arizona immigration law:This is the political e... More >>

• Monrovia Track Coach Wins League Title, Loses PR War

  published May 13, 2010

  After 30 years coaching track, Monrovia High's Mike Knowles has learned a thing or two about the rule book.So when he spotted a friendship bracelet on the wrist of South Pasadena's top pole vaulter, R... More >>

• Who Would Lose the Most from an L.A. Boycott of Arizonar (UPDATE)

  published May 12, 2010

  Say hello to Swift Transportation. The Phoenix-based firm is one of the nation's largest trucking companies, and the biggest player in the Port of Los Angeles' Clean Trucks Program.It also has the mos... More >>

• Correction of the Decade: Calbuzz and John Burton

  published May 11, 2010

  An instant classic: In our Saturday post about the California Democratic Party's ad attacking Meg Whitman but masquerading as an "issues ad," we described the abrupt ending to our conversation with CD... More >>

• Meg Whitman's Lead Down to 2 Pointsr

  published May 10, 2010

  Steve Poizner was thought to be political roadkill earlier this year, having fallen as much as 50 points behind Meg Whitman for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. But with Whitman getting hammer... More >>

• Legislature Moves to Rename the 405 for Sen. Kevin Murray

  published May 10, 2010

  As a state senator, Kevin Murray was perhaps best known for getting caught with a prostitute in the parking lot of the John Anson Ford Theater. Now the Legislature is trying to burnish that reputation... More >>

• Once Again, Hawthorne Mayor Larry Guidi Is Mixed Up In Something

  published May 07, 2010

  Hawthorne Mayor Larry Guidi has been on suspension from his job at the Hawthorne School District for the last month. And now, the Daily Breeze has found out why."The nature of the investigation is a t... More >>

• Jamie McCourt Can Live With $637K a Month

  published May 07, 2010

  Jamie McCourt, the estranged wife of Dodgers (co-r)owner Frank McCourt, is "satisfied" with Commissioner Judge Scott Gordon's ruling giving her $637,000 per month in spousal support, her attorney said... More >>

• Who's Rightr Villaraigosa and Riordan, By The Numbers

  published May 07, 2010

  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former Mayor Richard Riordan went to war this week over the city's fiscal future. In the Wall Street Journal, Riordan predicted the city will go bankrupt by 2014, and ch... More >>

• Poizner Narrows the Gap With Whitman

  published May 06, 2010

  Republican gubernatorial underdog Steve Poizner has released an internal poll showing him trailing former eBay CEO Meg Whitman by a mere 10 points, 38-28.Public polling has shown Whitman leading by 40... More >>

• Patrol Your Own Damn Skyscraper: LAPD Disbands Terror Task Force

  published May 06, 2010

  As we first told you yesterday, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck has disbanded a counter-terror unit that patrolled skyscrapers and high-profile public events.The Protective Security Task Force consisted of a ... More >>

• Guessing Game

  published May 6, 2010

  Los Angeles residents can be forgiven if their heads are spinning. Two months ago the City Council spoke of cutting 4,000 jobs... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Torture, Lies and Louis XIII Cognac

  published May 6, 2010

  The police dispatch said a man named Lamond Dean had been hit in the head with a gun. When the officers arrived about 9:30... More >>

• Gulf Oil Spill Prompts Guv to Drop Offshore Plan

  published May 03, 2010

  For the last couple years, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has lobbied to boost state revenues by allowing expanded drilling off Santa Barbara.The Tranquillon Ridge plan accounted for $100 million in the g... More >>

• Will the Dodgers Boycott Arizonar No Se Puede.

  published Apr 30, 2010

  On Which Way L.A. the other night, L.A. Councilwoman Janice Hahn suggested that the Dodgers should join the city's protest of Arizona's strict new immigration law:"I'm going to be asking the L.A. Dodg... More >>

• Castaic Jail Escapees Found (Updated)

  published Apr 28, 2010

  (Updated: The pair was reportedly found in the area shortly after 5 p.m. after a resident reported they asked him for clothes). Sheriff's deputies are searching the Castaic area for two inmates w... More >>

• Times Endorses Newsom in Lt. Gov.'s Race (UPDATE)

  published Apr 28, 2010

  Not a great day for Janice Hahn, the L.A. councilwoman who hopes to be the state's next lieutenant governor. This afternoon her hometown paper endorsed her rival, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.UPDA... More >>

• Cooper on Daryl Gates Funeral: Who Paid For Thisr

  published Apr 28, 2010

  In stark contrast to the tone of most of the coverage of Daryl Gates' funeral, blogger and USC journalism professor Marc Cooper wants to know how much it cost and who's paying for it:You all might re... More >>

• Manny Goes Down With Calf Injury

  published Apr 23, 2010

  Well, this is no good. The Dodgers put Manny Ramirez on the disabled list today due to a strained right calf. In 13 games this year, Ramirez has looked like the Manny who dazzled the Dodger faithful w... More >>

• Usher E-mail Excoriates Mayor

  published Apr 21, 2010

  By Tibby RothmanClearly Special Assistant City Attorney Jane Usher has not received Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's memo on insubordination.Today, the woman who as the chair of the City Planning Commiss... More >>

• Trial Opens in Clean Trucks Case

  published Apr 21, 2010

  While Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was giving his State of the City address at the Police Administration Building yesterday, a federal trial was getting underway a couple blocks north. The trial will de... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Villaraigosa Opens the Bidding at 750 Layoffs and Transfers

  published Apr 19, 2010

  In advance of tomorrow's State of the City address, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sent a letter to the council today listing 3,546 positions he intends to cut out of next year's budget.Most of those are ... More >>